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Paul "Chip" Sheldon is a master dancer and teacher, who has performed for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States and Europe. Paul, whose performing career began in 1957, is a former soloist with the AMAN Folk Ensemble (aka, AMAN International Music and Dance Company), which was ranked by the U.S. Endowment for the Arts as the number two dance company in the United States, ahead of the New York City Ballet, and trailing only the Geoffrey Ballet. He has taught traditional dances at parties, weddings, and festivals, to more than 150,000 people, and especially enjoys the dances of Central Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, and North America. He has studied with dozens of master dancers in the U.S., Mexico, Israel, Macedonia, and Bulgaria, including such luminaries as Schlomo Bachar, René Besné, Louise Bilman, Sunni Bloland, Dennis Boxell, Tom Bozigian, Dick Crum, Andor Czompo, Rudy Dannes, Dani Dassa, Alexandru David, Mihai David, Robin Evanchuk, Vince Evanchuk, Bora Gajicki, Morry Gelman, Barry Glass, Moshiko Halevy, Anthony Ivancich, Nick Jordanoff, Athan Karras, David Katz, Atanas Kolarovski, Vilma Matchette, Dori Aloni Meshi, Yves Moreau, Dick Oakes, Dobrivoje Putnik, David Shochat, Dr. Anthony Shay, Nena Šokčić, C. Stewart Smith, Conny Taylor, Marianne Taylor, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Ricky Tejada Flores, Lito Tejada-Flores, Al Vincent, Rubi Vučeta, Leona Wood, and Israel Yakovee. Paul co-founded the Admati Israeli Dance Ensemble and directed the Intersection Dancers in Los Angeles. Over his career, he has choreographed numerous suites of dances for many groups, including the Intersection Dancers (Los Angeles, California), Admati Israeli Dancers (Los Angeles, California), Brigham Young University Dancers (Provo, Utah), the University of Illinois (Normal, Illinois), and Humboldt State University (Arcata, California). In the 1970s, Paul taught and led many weekly folk dance evenings at Southern California folk dance coffee houses, including Cafe Danssa, Gypsy Camp, The Intersection, The Museum, the Red Mill House, and Zorba's. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Human Development, teaches Management (with Bob Dunham) and Sustainability (with Hunter Lovins) at Presidio School of Management, and has served as an Underwriting Consultant to California's Workers Compensation Insurance Fund. In addition to his dance activities, he currently serves as Senior Manager, Research and Policy, for www/EosConsulting.com, where he supervises research on energy efficiency technologies. Paul resides in Mill Valley, California, and Durango, Colorado, with his wife and dog. Dances Paul has taught include Belasič Oro, Bučimiš, Dabke, Floricica, Orijent, Pogonisios, Pravo Horo, and Lesnoto Oro.

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